Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
Biography
Samuel Beckett was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. A resident of Paris for most of his adult life, he wrote in both French and English.
General Context
Emory University put together an open-access website, Chercher, to log and index all Samuel Beckett letters in public archives. Researchers may find this tool useful in their work. https://chercherbeckettletters.emory.edu
Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:
Cuno, James, 1986-05-06
Invitation for Ellmann to provide an essay for an exhibition catalog.
Draft fragments, Undated
Typed and carbon copy typed fragments.
Dust jacket, Undated
Book dust jacket for the George Braziller edition. Includes excised book review appearing in Magill, 1987.
Ellis, Frank H., 1987-04-20
Ellis tells Ellmann of how his lecture on Beckett helped him in writing a conclusion to his article.
Farrow, Anthony, 1971
Cornell graduate student asks for help with a problem.
Fehsenfeld, Martha, 1985-02-23
Fehsenfeld informs Ellmann of her intentionn to produce a festival of radio plays by Samuel Beckett and other related topics.
Galley proofs, Undated
Two sets of galley proofs (author's proof and working copy), both with handwritten revisions, corrections, editor's and proofreader's marks.
Galley proofs
Photocopied galley proofs, with extensive editor's and proofreader's marks and notes. Appears to be a proposed article for publication as well as for a Library of Congress publication.
Hesla, David H., 1978
Hesla compliments Ellmann on his piece on Deidre Bair's biography of Beckett, and other topics.
John Calder (Publishers) Ltd., 1986-02-06
Thanks Ellmann for sending a copy of his lecture on Beckett and points out two small errors; other news about Beckett and the Paris Joyce Symposium.
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